Peyton Manning wins 3rd NFL MVP Award

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

You dont get the MVP to a team that doesnt make the playoffs. It wouldnt make any sense. Payton clearly deserves the honor, and I can see tha argument for Michael Turner as well... Pennington, on the other hand, not so much.

why not? this award is supposed to go to the " best" player in the league. what does wins and losses have to do with it?

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by dmek25

why not? this award is supposed to go to the " best" player in the league. what does wins and losses have to do with it?

I think that if the players team makes the playoffs or wins the championship it seems more deserving. Look at Alexander Ovechkin he was last year's NHL MVP and they made the playoffs, I bet that if the Caps wouldn't have made the playoffs that someone else would have been MVP instead of Ovechkin.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by dmek25

why not? this award is supposed to go to the " best" player in the league. what does wins and losses have to do with it?

Haha, sure, that's why it's called the best player in the league award....except it's not. It's called most valuable, which implies more than a superior individual performance.

There is no question that Manning meant more to his team this year than any other player. By far his greatest season, better than the 49 TD campaign, and look out for that team in the playoffs.